Can Administrative Penalties Be Deducted When Determining Corporate Income Tax?

Recently, our company and Company X signed a goods purchase agreement. Our side is responsible for transporting the goods to Company X and bearing the transportation costs. During transportation, our employee negligently encroached on another vehicle's lane and was fined for this administrative violation. This fine was paid by our company. We would like to inquire whether this fine can be deducted when determining corporate income tax during tax reporting?

According to Article 4 of Circular 96/2015/TT-BTC, the following expenses are non-deductible when determining taxable income:

Fines for administrative violations include: traffic law violations, violations of business registration policies, violations of accounting and statistical policies, tax law violations including late tax payment penalties as prescribed in the Law on Tax Administration, and other fines for administrative violations as prescribed by law.

Based on the information you provided, the driver's traffic law violation fine incurred by your company's employee is non-deductible when determining taxable income.

Sincerely!

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